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Di Natale hits magic 200-goal mark
November 27 2014

Antonio Di Natale scored his 200th Italian Serie An objective on what was his 400th league appearance on Sunday when he gave Udinese a single-0 half-time lead against Chievo. Di Natale last season went back on his decision to retire and started this campaign determined to enhance the 205-goal tally of Italian great Roberto Baggio, who's sixth on Serie A's all-time report on top scorers.

The present record is held by Silvio Piola, who retired in 1954 with 274 league goals. With 237 goals, Roma playmaker Francesco Totti will be the top active goalscorer within the league. Despite playing for Udinese, a golf iron containing neither won an italian man , league or Cup, Di Natale has won Serie A's Capocannoniere top-scorer award a couple of years in succession. This year he scored 29 league goals to go out of Inter's Diego Milito (22) a distant second so hit the net 28 times to depart Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, then of Napoli, second by just two goals.